About this podcast
From the BlackRock Investment Institute, Market take is a quick, weekly digest on what's driving markets. The podcast series provides investing insights and analysis across asset classes, investment strategies and borders – all to help our clients and portfolio managers navigate financial markets.
Episodes
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- AI’s rising bill of expectations · 3 min · Episode 162Investor scrutiny of AI is intensifying as investors look for signs of payoff from booming investment. Devan Nathwani, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute…
- The Mideast energy shock’s next phase · 4 min · Episode 161The Middle East conflict is exposing longer-term energy constraints as buffers that absorbed the initial shock weaken. Ehsan Khoman, Economist at the BlackRock Investment…
- French bonds: a lesson in selectivity · 4 min · Episode 160Higher bond yields are creating new investment opportunities, but France’s bond selloff shows why the drivers of those yields matter. Beata Harasim, Senior Investment Strategist…
- Upgrading U.S. Treasuries to lock in income · 3 min · Episode 159Higher yields and potentially excessive Fed tightening expectations create room to unwind our U.S. Treasury underweight, a mainstay for most of the last six years. Wei Li, Global…
- China: up the value chain · 4 min · Episode 158China is increasingly competing on quality, not just scale, in advanced manufacturing. Serena Jiang, Economist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains how this shift is…
- The AI buildout meets the 5% world · 4 min · Episode 157An accelerating AI buildout and elevated government borrowing needs are intensifying competition for capital. Vivek Paul, Global Head of Portfolio Strategy at the BlackRock…
- EM equities: back to overweight · 4 min · Episode 156We’ve returned to overweight emerging market (EM) stocks as earnings growth accelerates and leverage concerns ease. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock…
- Why Japan matters for U.S. bond investors · 4 min · Episode 155For decades, Japanese investors looked overseas for income. Now, rising bond yields are giving them a much more viable alternative at home. Ben Powell, Chief Investment…
- Three lessons from a tumultuous 2026 · 4 min · Episode 154The new economic regime we’ve long described has been on full display in 2026. As the summer ends, Natalie Gill, Senior Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment…
- Two market signals, one story · 3 min · Episode 153Analysts are raising corporate earnings forecasts even as long-term government bond yields move higher. These aren’t contradictory signals. Devan Nathwani, Portfolio Strategist…
- A quiet August? Not for investors. · 3 min · Episode 152Investors hoping August will bring a summer lull may be disappointed. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why a world shaped by…
- Cheaper AI, new earnings questions · 4 min · Episode 151U.S. earnings remain exceptionally strong. But Natalie Gill, Senior Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why the bigger question is whether…
- Staying risk-on in a more fragile world · 4 min · Episode 150Renewed tensions in the Middle East are testing markets. In this week's Market Take, Ehsan Khoman, Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why we…
- Japan bonds tell global repricing story · 4 min · Episode 149The repricing of Fed policy expectations over the past six months has reverberated well beyond the U.S. Valerie Chan, Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute…
- Beyond the AI bubble debate · 3 min · Episode 148AI has the potential to reshape long-term growth, but getting there means navigating today's supply constraints. Wei Li, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist, unpacks…
- Dollar strength shifts case for EM · 4 min · Episode 147The U.S. dollar's safe-haven status remains intact. But a stronger dollar no longer automatically translates into broad emerging market weakness. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio…
- Powering through energy bottlenecks · 4 min · Episode 146The twin pressures of vulnerable energy supply and rising power demand are making energy security a durable investment theme. Hugo Liebaert, Sustainable Investment and Research…
- The need for a new portfolio approach · 4 min · Episode 145Mega forces like AI are reshaping markets and economies, with multiple plausible outcomes ahead. Devan Nathwani, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute…
- Midyear Forum: speed meets scarcity · 4 min · Episode 144Surging AI investment and geopolitical risks are showing how mega forces are reshaping the investment landscape. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock…
- The need to diversify diversifiers · 4 min · Episode 143Surging long-term bond yields underscore our view that traditional portfolio diversification is being challenged in today’s macro regime. Beata Harasim, Senior Investment…
